Asio Vs Directx

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Inmy experience, on a few different Systems, ASIO4ALL is usually fine with multiple clients IF those windows settings are NOT set to exclusive mode. ASIO4ALL should look to windows like pretty much any app that accesses WDM devices. Opening multiple apps would simply start a new instance of ASIO4ALL, and stack as many as you need.

When I check this, it makes the rest of windows work but then the output is inactive in Cubase, in order to get it working in Cubase again I need to switch audio drivers and switch back to activate it.

IF ASIO, then enable the LOOPER loopback racks. Then you can get the signal to the output(s) you desire. Send it from OBS Studio to the Link Outputs desired. Then go to the looper, then to the audio device outputs you like.

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At this point I now have Dorico and Nero Wave coming into my Cubase Mixing Console. I can hear Cuebase and everything coming into its Mixer through the speakers connected to outputs 1 & 2 on my Delta 1010. I can also record the mains going out from the Cubase Control Room inside Nereo Wave.

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I am trying to record a screen capture when i play/jam in my DAW, but it doesnt record audio when using ASIO in DAW. It works if i use DirectX but with huge latency. Playback works just fine, i can route to any outs, but nothing comes back. Even tried to route everything to everything, nothing loopbacks with ASIO. Is this how its supposed to work or am i missing something? Im using Babyface Pro on Windows10.

1. Tried multiple recorders, but its not about that, it just doesnt get any signal on the channel.

2. All outputs. Using DirectSound on the very same channel work just fine, when switched to ASIO it doesnt work. I have the same configuration, the only difference is the driver. DirectSound works, ASIO doesnt.

I was surprised from reading of DirectX, I remember this from Win98, thought it is not in use since then.

Wondering if there is some more to choose beside Asio and DirectX ?

Maybe Asio4all ?

Lets leave out ASIO4ALL, this has nothing to do with it and no ASIO4ALL is not smth like an ASIO driver, its a cheap solution to create workarounds based on bad planning (e.g. to integrate USB Mics and alike), but is a not supported solution.

I think the following would be helpful:

- name and version of the software that you are using

- screenshot of the audio settings and maybe also of TM FX routing

- something like a drawing or better explanation what you want to achieve exactly

I was hoping that TMFX loopback can work regardless of the audio output used, once its back in the input should be available to both drivers - wdm, and asio. I guess my common sense wasnt that common after all.

Its not possible. When playing through ASIO, the only way i can record is also through ASIO. When playing through WDM on the other hand, i get the signal. I can also play ASIO and WDM at the same time on that particular channel, but it only loopbacks and records WDM when using a screen recorder.

You're running Windows 10, which is fine. Update OBS and update TotalMix FX first, both are old versions. Once you've done that, post a screenshot of the "Advanced Audio Properties" in OBS and also another screenshot of OBS "Settings / Audio" and OBS "Settings / Output / Recording". For the last screenshot, you need to switch "Settings / Output / Output Mode" to Advanced.

It is not for livestreaming ?

How about recording the audio in a DAW seperate and the screen capturing with a videosoftware without audio and composit the video with sound afterwards with film maker software ?

It is more work but the result is much better probably ?

Managed to make it work in a weird, unexpected way. It seems that windows does its own separate routing which prevent RME driver to do its thing. Had to check "listen to this device" on my loopback channel then dummy route it to a software channel inside windows sound control panel.

You don't have headphones in that setting? I didn't used it before, but i assume is there to monitor the input. So basically windows gets the signal on the input, it just doesn't pass it on to obs or other apps unless its routed through a wdm software channel. As you can see in the image ASIO bypass the windows mixer.

Now it sounds logical since asio bypass the windows software mixer. Meaning that the loopback function works at the software level. Maybe your Adobe Audition playbacks both on ASIO and DirectSound at the same time? I'm confused.

6. In the Windows sound settings "Playback", the RME Babyface Pro's AN 1/2 (Speaker) is the "Default Device". Keep in mind here that this again translates to the "Software Playback" section of TotalMix FX. Windows can't feed RME's hardware outputs directly!

8. In the Windows sound settings "Recording", ALL the available inputs are set to "Playback through this device: Default Playback Device" (in Properties / Listen). That's likely why I don't ever have to tick the "Listen to this device" checkbox.

9. All this sounds like complicated but it really isn't. All I did to set this up was to make sure the correct "Playback" and "Recording" channels are set to be the "Default Device". Maybe it got a bit mixed up in your efforts to fix the issue.

Yes, its not complicated at all, it just doesnt want to work in my case for some reason that i can't grasp. And that fact that it DID worked with "Listen to this device" box checked and now doesn't work anymore... makes me laugh and mad at the same time

brrrr, not that easy though, as it turned out with lack of stability and Live crashes on a regular basis, Live tech people say the problem is due to ASIO4ALL driver. But I think that the reason is more on a Zero4 driver side, have no choice but to get back to Zero drivers and uneven setting of 132 smp buffer.

and is there a difference in either latency or sound quality, when comparing different ASIO drivers? i ask because i recently found out that there are many different ASIO drivers available (and some of them cost up to dozens of euros).

i want to ask

i hear some crackling sound weird when i start to play some notes

and its stop when hit the stop record

do the audio interface will help it?or it is my laptop

i use only lenovo g400s

hi Madeleine, i have a sound issue regarding my tr08 tr 09 and tb 03, i use asio4all and i have been able to playback all 3 over ableton 10 but for some reason when i add an audio track it seems to alter my asio4all settings, i have noticed when i have my devices sat underneath my audio interface on the setting page i will get audio is that normal.

Hey Madeleine,

I am running Live 10 and I am try to record vocals through a usb blue snowball mic. Unfortunately, it did not have its own driver. So I used the ASIO4all as suggested. The problem is that when i select the snowball as my hardware, it doesnt give me an option to select what hardware i would like to use for the output. I am trying to listen thru my sound card on my computer. Also, for whatever reason i cant get a signal to the mains when i switch from MME or from my focusrite to ASIO4all.

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